Esophagoscopy balloon <30mm at UPMC Horizon-Greenville

110 N Main St, Greenville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225048838

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$1,571.40

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$2,619.00

Gross charge

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The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$122.47 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,393.74 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $122.47 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicaid $122.47 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $154.75 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $165.12 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $167.90 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $173.81 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $189.75 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $489.12 ↓ -69%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $528.00 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $864.27 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $893.08 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $939.71 ↓ -40%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $969.03 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,000.46 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,021.41 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,021.41 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,021.41 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $1,021.41 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $1,047.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $1,047.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,047.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,060.34 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,306.47 ↓ -17%
Aetna EBR FI $1,571.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,619.19 ↑ +3%
InterGroup PPO $1,702.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,728.54 ↑ +10%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,732.30 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,833.30 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,862.44 ↑ +19%
Aetna Medicare $1,862.81 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $1,898.98 ↑ +21%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,898.98 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $1,898.98 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,935.15 ↑ +23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,953.05 ↑ +24%
Cigna Medicare $1,953.23 ↑ +24%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,953.23 ↑ +24%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,953.23 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,095.20 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $2,147.58 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $2,226.15 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,393.74 ↑ +116%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Esophagoscopy balloon <30mm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,802.60 $111.34 – $3,736.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,361.00 $141.40 – $3,344.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $233.40 $107.83 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,361.00 $141.40 – $3,344.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,361.00 $141.40 – $2,899.50
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,361.00 $141.40 – $2,915.17
UPMC Memorial York $2,361.00 $141.40 – $2,910.43
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,794.80 $122.47 – $1,989.40

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